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Description: | ; Date(s): 2100 BC - 1600 BC; Classification(s): jade, blade, ceremonial; Acquisition: bequeathed by Raphael, Oscar C., 1946 [O.50-1946]
Description: Mottled green with light brown areas. This blade combines the forms of both a knife and a tablet. It is long and comparatively narrow, with a straight upper edge and a curved lower one. A hole was drilled from one side near the short end. It is relatively thick and substantial and highly polished | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | ceremonial jade blade | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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